THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES EX LIBRIS ERNEST CARROLL MOORE THE SPANISH SERIES THE PRADO THE SPANISH SERIES EDITED BY ALBERT F. CALVERT SEVILLE MURILLO CORDOVA THE PRADO THE ESCORIAL SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR In preparation GOYA TOLEDO MADRID VELAZQUEZ GRANADA AND ALHAMBRA ROYAL PALACES OF SPAIN LEON, BURGOS, AND SALAMANCA VALLADOLID, OVIEDO, SEGOVIA, ZAMORA, AVILA, AND ZARAGOZA THE PRADO A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL PICTURES IN THE MADRID GALLERY, BY ALBERT F. CALVERT AND C. GASQUOINE HARTLEY, WITH 220 ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMVII Edinburgh : T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty Art Library 34-50 To H.R.H. PRINCESS HENRY OFBATTENBERG Who has given to Spain The Beautiful Queen Who Reigns in Every Spanish Heart This Volume is Dedicated With a Respect/id Assurance Of Admiration and Esteem CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. INTRODUCTORY, I II. THE SPANISH SCHOOL. PAINTERS BEFORE EL GRECO, 14 III. THE ART OF DOMENICO THEOTOC6PULI, KNOWN AS EL GRECO, AND HIS PICTURES IN THE PRADO, 26 IV. THE SPANISH SCHOOL. EARLY PORTRAIT- PAINTERS, 38 V. THE SPANISH SCHOOL. THE LITTLE ' PAINTERS, . 46 VI. THE SPANISH SCHOOL. RIBERA AND ZUR- BARAN AND THEIR PICTURES IN THE PRADO, 55 VII. THE SPANISH SCHOOL. VELAZQUEZ AND MURILLO AND THEIR PICTURES IN THE PRADO, 67 VIII. THE SPANISH SCHOOL. THE FOLLOWERS OF VELAZQUEZ GOYA AND HIS PICTURES IN THE PRADO, 91 IX. THE ITALIAN SCHOOLS. THE PRIMITIVES : ANDREA DEL SARTO, RAPHAEL, COR- REGGIO : THEIR PICTURES IN THE PRADO, 104 viii CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE X. THE ITALIAN SCHOOLS. THE VENETIANS : TITIAN : HIS PICTURES IN THE PRADO, . 113 XI. THE NORTHERN SCHOOLS. THE EARLY FLEMISH PAINTERS : ANTONIO MORO, JORDAENS, ALBRECHT DURER, HOLBEIN : THEIR PICTURES IN THE PRADO, . 130 XII. THE NORTHERN SCHOOLS. RUBENS AND VAN DYCK : THEIR PICTURES IN THE PRADO, 140 NOTE Many of the illustrations in this volume appear by the courtesy of Senors J. Lacoste and M. Moreno, who supplied the photographs and gave me permission to have them reproduced. A. F. C. ILLUSTRATIONS ARTIST. SUBJECT. PLATE Pedro Berruguete, Scene in the Life of Santo Domingo de Guzman, . i Pedro Berruguete, The Death of St. Peter, Martyr, . 2 Pedro Berruguete, An Auto de F6 presided over by Santo Domingo de Guzman, . 3 Fernando Gallegos, . The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 4 Juan de Borgofia, The Catholic Kings adoring the Virgin, 5 Juan de Borgofia, The Adoration of the Kings, . 6 Luis de Morales, The Virgin and Child, ... 7 Luis de Morales, The Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple, .... 8 Luis de Morales, Ecce Homo, 9 Luis de Morales, Our Lady of Sorrows, 10 Juan de Juanes, . The Last Supper TI Juan de Juanes, . The Coronation of the Virgin, . 12 Juan de Juanes, . The Visitation, .... 13 Juan de Juanes, . St. Stephen in the Synagogue, . 14 Juan de Juanes, . St. Stephen accused of Blasphemy in the Council, .... 15 Juan de Juanes, . The Martyrdom of St. Stephen, . 16 Juan de Juanes, . The Interment of St. Stephen, . 17 Navarrete, . The Baptism of Christ, 18 Navarrete, . St. Paul, 19 Navarrete, . St. Peter 20 Alonso Sanchez Coello, Portrait of Don Carlos, Son of Philip ii., . 21 b PRADO ARTIST. SUBJECT. PLATE Alonso Sanchez Coello, . The Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia, Daughter of Philip ii., . 22 Alonso Sanchez Coello. The Infantas Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela, daughters of Philip ii 23 Alonso Sanchez Coello, . The Infanta Catalina Micaela, daughter of Philip ii., . 24 Alonso Sanchez Coello, . Portrait of a Lady, ... 25 Alonso Sanchez Coello, . The Marriage of St. Catherine, . 26 Pantoja de la Cruz, . Isabel of Valois, third Wife of Philip ii., 27 Pantoja de la Cruz, . Portrait of Philip n 28 Pantoja de la Cruz, . Portrait of a Lady, probably an Attendant of the Palace in the Reign of Philip ii., ... 29 El Greco, . The Annunciation, ... 30 El Greco, . The Holy Family, .... 31 El . Greco, The Virgin (not catalogued), . 32 El Greco, . Jesus Christ dead in the Arms of God the Father 33 El Greco, . The Baptism of Christ, ... 34 El . The of Greco, Coming the Holy Ghost, . 35 El Greco, . The Crucifixion, .... 36 El Greco, The Resurrection, .... 37 El Greco, San Basilio, ..... 38 El Greco, St. Anthony, . .39 El Greco, , San Basilio, 40 El Greco, Portrait of a Doctor, . 4, El Greco, , St. Paul, 42 El Greco, Portrait of a Man, . -43 El Greco, Portrait of a Man, .... 44 El Portrait . Greco, of a Man, . -45 El Greco, Portrait of a Man, .... 46 El Greco, Portrait of a Man, .... 47 El Greco, Portrait of a Man 48 ErGreco, Don Rodrigo Vazquez, President of Castile, 49 ILLUSTRATIONS xi ARTIST. SUBJECT PLATE Luis Tristan, . Portrait of a Man 50 Bias Del Prado, . The Virgin, with Jesus and various Saints, S 1 Alonso Cano, . Christ at the Column, ... 52 AlonsoCano, . The Virgin adoring her Son, . S3 Alonso Cano, . .A Gothic King, .... 54 Alonso Cano, . Two Gothic Kings, 55 Collantes The Vision of Ezekiel, ... 56 Espinosa, . .St. Mary Magdalen in Prayer, . 57 Orrente The Adoration of the Shepherds, . 58 Esteban March, . An Old Tippler, .... 59 Esteban March, . An OH Woman, .... 60 Juan de las Roelas, el Cle"rigo, The Water from the Rock, . 61 Ribalta, .... The Dead Christ in the Arms of Two Angels, .... 62 Ribalta, . A Blessed Soul, .... 63 Ribalta, . .A Soul in Pain 64 Ribera, .... The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew, 65 Ribera, .... Jacob's Dream 66 Ribera The Magdalene, .... 67 Ribera, .... The Penitent Magdalene, . 68 Ribera, .... The Conception of the Virgin, . 69 Ribera, .... Jacob receiving the Blessing of his Father Isaac, .... 70 Ribera Ecstasy of St. Francis of Assisi, . 71 Ribera, . .St. Joseph with Child Jesus, . 72 Ribera, . St. Andrew 73 Ribera, .... The Blind Sculptor Gambaza, . 74 Ribera, . .A Woman (fragment of a larger picture), 75 Zurbaran, .... The Child Jesus asleep on the Cross, 76 St. Zurbaran Vision of Peter Nolasco, . 77 Zurbaran Vision of St. Peter the Apostle to St. Peter Nolasco, ... 78 Zurbaran, .... Santa Casilda 79 Velazquez The Adoration of the Kings, . 80 Velazquez Los Borrachos, . .81 Xll PRADO ARTIST. SUBJECT. PLATE . 82 Velazquez,. The Forge of Vulcan, ... Velazquez, .... The Surrender of Breda, . 83 Velazquez, .... Philip iv 84 Velazquez, . Queen Isabel of Bourbon, . 85 Velazquez, .... Don Baltazar Carlos, ... 86 Velazquez, .... Philip iv. in Hunting Costume, . 87 Velazquez, .... Don Baltazar Carlos in Hunting Costume, 88 Velazquez, .... Duke of Olivares, .... 89 Velazquez, .... The Infanta Maria Theresa of of IV. Austria, Daughter Philip , 90 Velazquez, .... Pablillos de Valladolid, Buffoon of Philip iv., 91 Velazquez, .... Don Christoval del Corral, . 92 Velazquez, .... Wife and Child of Don Christoval del Corral, 93 Velazquez, .... The Fool of Coria, ... 94 Velazquez, .... ^Esop, ...... 95 Velazquez, . Menippus, ..... 96 Velazquez, .... Garden of the Villa Medici at Rome, 97 Velazquez, . .St. Antony Abbot visiting St. Paul, 98 Velazquez Las Hilanderas, .... 99 Velazquez, .... Las Meninas, .... 100 Murillo, .... Rebecca and Eleazar, . 101 Murillo The Adoration of the Shepherds, . 102 Murillo, .... The Virgin with the Infant Jesus in her Lap, ..... 103 Murillo The Martyrdom of St. Andrew the Apostle at Patras, . 104 Murillo, . .El Tifioso : St. Elizabeth of Hun- gary tending the Sick in her Hospital, 105 Murillo, . .St. Alphonsus receiving the Chas- uble from the hands of the Virgin, 106 St. Murillo Anne instructing the Virgin, . 107 Murillo, . The Infant Jesus asleep on the Cross, 108 Murillo, .... The Gallician of the Coin, . 109 Murillo Father Cabanillas no ILLUSTRATIONS Xlll ARTIST SUBJECT PLATE Murillo, .... The Child Jesus as Shepherd, . in Del Mazo, .... View of Zaragoza, .... 112 Del Mazo, .... Don Tiburcio de Redin y Cruzat, Knight of St. John and Master of the Spanish Infantry in the Reign of Philip iv., . 113 Del Mazo, .... Mariana of Austria, second Wife of Philip iv., 114 Carreno de Mirando, . Charles n., 115 Carreno de Mirando, . Francesco Bazan Buffoon of Charles H., .... 116 Carreno de Mirando, . A gigantic Child, .... 117 Jos6 Leonarda, . The Marquis Ambrosio Spinola receiving the Keys of Breda, . 118 Fr. Juan Rizi, . .St. Francis of Assisi receiving the sacred tokens of the Passion of Christ, ..... 119 ' Antonio . St. Pereda, Jerome, . 120 I. Iriate, .... Landscape, iai Goya, .... The Drinker, 122 Goya, .... Blind Man's Buff : design for Tapes- ' try, .... .123 Goya, .... Charles iv., 124 Maria . Goya, .... Queen Luisa, . 125 The of Goya, .... Family Charles IV., . 126 Francisco . Goya, .... Bayeu, . .127 Goya, .... Josefa Bayeu, .... 128 Saturn his . Goya, .... devouring Son, . 129 The . Goya, .... Draped Maja, . 130 The Goya, .... Nude Maja, .... 131 Goya, .... Two Women laughing, . 132 V. at the of . Lopez, .... Goya age eighty, . 133 Fra . The . Angelico, Annunciation, . 134 The Death of the . Mantegna, .... Virgin, . 135 Andrea del Sarto, . The Virgin, Child Jesus, and St. John I36 Andrea del . Sarto, Lucrezia, ..... 137 and . Correggio, .... Jesus Mary Magdalene, . 138 xiv PRADO ARTIST. SUBJECT. PLATE Correggio, .... The Virgin, with Jesus and St. John 139 Rafael, .... The Holy Family with the Lamb, . 140 Rafael, . .A Cardinal, 141 Giulio Romano (catalogued 1 _ f The Holy Family of the Lizard, . 142 as a Rafael), . Rafael (doubtful), . The Virgin del Fez, . .143 Rafael (doubtful), . Christ carrying the Cross (El Pas- mo de Sicilia) 144 Rafael (doubtful), . The Holy Family (known as La Perla) 145 Lotto, . .A Marriage, 146 Parmigianino, . .A Lady with three Children, formerly called the Condesa de San Segundo ; probably Reccar- da Malaspina, wife of Lorenzo Cibo, 147 called the Parmigianino, . Portrait, once Conde de San Segundo ; probably Lorenzo of Cibo, cousin Clement vn. , and Captain of the Guard, . 148 Baroccio, .... The Birth of Jesus, . 149 Giorgione, .... The Virgin and Child Jesus with St. Anthony and St. Roque, . 150 Titian, .... Madonna and Child, with St. Bridget and St. Hulpus, . 151 Titian The Bacchanals 152 Titian, .... The Garden of the Loves, . 153 The Charles V. Titian, .... Emperor , 154 The Charles V.